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- (boxing) A technique in which the boxer assumes a defensive stance against the ropes and absorbs an opponent's blows, hoping to exploit eventual tiredness or a mistake.
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Meaning
- [Noun]
- (boxing) A technique in which the boxer assumes a defensive stance against the ropes and absorbs an opponent's blows, hoping to exploit eventual tiredness or a mistake.
- (figuratively) Any strategy where an apparently losing position is assumed in the hope of eventual victory.
- [Verb]
- (figuratively) To exhaust someone by stringing them along.
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